Curtain or drapery tieback



July 2, 1946.

J. HAGEN CURTAIN OR DRAPERY TIE-BACK Filed April 24, 1.944

Patented July 2, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT ,oF-Fict:

I I 2,403,361 I .1 i g CURTAIN on DRAIIERY 'rrnnnok John'fiagen, 0verland,'Mo. Application April 24, 1944, seri l No. 532,461

Another object of the invention is to construct the tie-back from light weight and substantial material.

A further object is to provide the tie-back of a baked clay product, which in addition to serving for curtain tie-back purposes, will also serve as a ceramic decoration to a curtain draped window.

A still further object is to provide a curtain tie-back with paralleling legs of a moldedbifurcated construction.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, my invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention;

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective elevation of a curtained window, showing the application and use of this improved curtain tie-back.

Figure 2 is an enlarged inverted plan view of a pair of right and left members, used in assembling the tie-back.

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional elevation taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Figure 4 is an enlarged plan view of the assembled tie-back.

Figure 5 is an enlarged front elevation of the tie-back.

Referring b numerals to the several figures of the accompanying drawing, 6 and I represent a pair of right and left legs, spaced from one another and each being curved at 8 on one end and havin a flattened part 9 at each curved end, as shown in Fig. 2.

Each of the legs 6 and 1 has a deep longitudinal groove to thereby providing each leg with a pair of walls or bifurcated portions I l.

The legs 6 and l are preferably made of a molded clay product, such as potters clay as used in the fictile arts, and after being separately molded and sufliciently dried, are disposed parallel to each other with their flattened parts 9 in approximate abutment, and in this position, the parts 9 are treated with a solution of clayslip for primarily securin the legs 6 and I together. After the clay-slip between the parts 9 has sufficiently dried, the secured together legs 7 Claims. (01. moi-s49) "6' and 7 are put in the kiln or oven to bake the clay-slip and the joined parts together.

After baking, the secured together legs 6 and l are then coated with a glazing solution by dipping or other'means, and if ornamentations such as I2, as shown in Figs. 1, l and 5 are desired, they are glazed and primarily secured to one of the le s (in the instance shown, to the leg 6 to provide a left hand tie-back) by the glazed coating. The ornamentations [2 are clay molded and baked before being glazed.

The secured together legs 6 and l and the ornamentations l2 thereon, are then baked or fired, and upon removal from the kiln the parts 5, i and I2 are firmly and substantially secured together and having a porcelain finish.

The inner surfaces of th grooves i 0 of the legs 6 and 1 after the baking and glazing operations,

are coated with shellac or analogous fast drying will provide a longitudinal stiffener to the legs in addition to the shellac reinforcement on the walls ll.

After the glazing operation a horizontally disposed resilient clasp !5 is cemented at I6 to the rear end of the leg 6 on the inner face thereof and a vertically disposed hanger i1 is secured to the outer surface of the leg 1 intermediate its length by cementing l8, as shown in Figs. 1, 4 and 5, and the hanger I! extending above and below the leg 1.

The aforesaid description completes the construction of this improved curtain or drapery tie-back as representing a left-hand tie-back designated as 19, and as tie-backs are used in pairs, a right hand tie-back is made by securing the ornaments l2 and the clasp IE on the leg I and the hanger H on the leg 6, as shown at 20 in Fig. 1, each tie-back when in use being disposed with the grooved faces of the legs lowermost.

In use, a draped curtain is engaged between the legs 6 and 1 of the tie-back, after the hanger I! has been mounted on a hook 2| or the like on the frame or a wall surrounding the window, and for further securing the tie-back, the lower end 22 of the hanger may be engaged over a projection or hook.

By making the legs of the tie-back hollow by the deep longitudinal grooves Ill, and reinforcing the walls ll ofthe grooves by a binding material, a strong and light weight porcelain or earthenware tie-back structure is provided, and the tie-back being ornamented in the manner as shown and described, a ceramic decoration which can readily be removed for cleaning by Washing, is also provided.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the details and manner of construction within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim is: y

l. A tie-back for a draped, curtain comprising a pair of spaced paralleling legs joined at one end, and a resilient clasp for curtain engagement secured to one of said legs adjacent its free end.

2. A tie-back for a draped curtain comprising a pair of spaced paralleling legs joined at one end, and a resilient clasp secured to the free end of one of the legs for engaging and holding one side of the curtain.

3. A tie-back for a draped curtain comprising a pair of spaced paralleling legs joined at one end, a curtain engaging clasp secured to one 4 of said legs, and a securing hanger for the tieback carried by the other leg.

4. An earthenware tie-back for a draped curtain comprising a pair of spaced paralleling legs each being bent at one end and joined at their bent ends, each of said legs having a deep longitudinal closed end groove formed therein.

5. An earthenware tie-back for a draped curtain comprising a pair of spaced paralleling legs each having apart joined. to one another at one end-each of said legs having a deep inverted closed end groove formed therein and extending the approximate length thereof.

6. A tie-back of molded material for a draped curtain comprising a pair of spaced paralleling legs joined at one end, each leg having a deep longitudinal closed end groove for the reception and retention of a self hardening and binding reinforcement material.

'7. A bifurcated curtain tie-back of molded material having a deep longitudinal groove in a branch thereof, for the reception and retention of a self hardening and binding reinforcement material.

JOHN HAGEN. 

